Razor



R. E. PERKINS.

RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4. 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

RICHARD E. PERKINS, or BOSTON, mnssacnusn'rrs.

RAZOR.

To all whom it mag concern Be it known that I, RICHARD E. lnnnms, acitizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State this character with novel and improved,

means whereby the cutting blade is caused to vibrate as the device makesa working stroke and wherein the blade isofa double cutting edge type. I

Another object of the invention is to pro ride a. novel and improveddevice of this general character embodying a cutting blade adapted toreciprocate or vibrate during a shaving stroke and wherein the razor isof a type whereby the same may be manipulated in the same manner as theold fashioned flat blade razor.

The invention consists in the details of construction and inthe'combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improvedrazor whereby certain improtant advontages are attained and the devicerendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, as'will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to dcscribe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view partly in top'plan and partly in section illustratinga razor constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention. a

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view partly in front elevation and partly insection of the razor as herein disclosed with the handle fragmentarilyshown in full open position.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig.2.

Fig. 4: is a view in end elevation of the device as herein embodied.

Fig. 5 is a view in top plan "of the guard member as herein embodied,theshank car.- ried thereby being shown in fragment.

- with an elongated and relativelybroad opening or slot 3, the centralportion of the lonplan of the blade as Specification of Letters Patent.Patent d A 23 1921 Application filed September 4, 1920. Serial No,408,171.

gitudinal edge of said slot-being provided with the supplemental notchorrecess 4.

One end portion of the member 1 has integrally formed therewith anelongated shank 5 to the outer or free end portion of.

which is pivotally engaged, as. at (i, a bone handle 7 of a well. knowntype and which,

in the present instance, is employed to facilitate the proper andeasyholding of the dev ce during a shaving operation. As is particularlyindicated. in Flg. 2, the major portion of the shank 5 is of doublethickness.

The end portion of the member 1 with which the shank 5 is en aged isprovided at opposite sides of said s iank with the upstandlng lugs 8while the opposite end portion of the member 1 is provided with theupstanding flange 9 provided adjacent its opposite ends with theinwardly directed lips or tongues 10. 7

W11 denotes a blade carrier which overlies the guard member 1 and saidblade carrier 11 has its central portion provided with the elongatedopening or slot 12 with the ends of said slot or opening defined by thedown-. wardly disposed flanges 14. Theblade carrier 11 is of a length.less than the member 1 and the flanges 14 are spaced apart a distanceless than the longitudinal axis of the opening or slot 3 so that whenthe blade carrier 11 is in applied position, the same is capable of recirocation. The flanges 14 extend through tie slot or opening 3 andsubstantially snugly engage therein, where by the slot or opening 3serves as a guide whereby the blade carrier 11 has vibration insubstantially a fixed path of travel.

A longitudinal margin of the blade carrier 11 defining the o ening orslot 12 is provided with a depen ing arcuate win 15 which when the bladecarrier 11 is app ied, exten 5 through the opening or slot 3 and\mountings for a" journal rod 26.

the lower or free end portion of said wing a blade carrier 11 and thecentral portion of said cutting blade C is provided with the elongatedopening or slot 17 through which the flanges 14 also extend, saidflanges and end edges of the blade C being in contact so that the bladecarrier 11 and the blade C will be caused to reciprocate or vibrate inunison. The blade C is of a double edge type and of such width to permitthe .blade to be used in connection w1th either of the guards 2. i Thenotch or recess 4 is provided to facilitate the proper passage of'thewing 15 through the slot or opening 3'and for which reason. it isalso deslred that the width of the slot or openin 17 be substantiallyequal to the width of t e slot or opening 3 plus,

the depth of the notch or recess 4. The marginal portions of the blade Cdefining the ends of the opening or-slot 17 are provided with thenotches or recesses 18 in which the flanges 14snugl engage so that theblade C is effectivel lie movement in ependently ofthe blade .carrier 11which would otherwise interfere with the efliciency of the device.

19 denotes a clamping late which is adapted to overlie the app ied bladecarrier 11 and one end portion of the plate 19 is provided in its uppersurface with the recesses or notches 20 which receive the lips ortongues 10 hereinbefore referred to. The

opposite end portion of the plate 19 has close contact with the innerfaces of the lugs 8. Said end portion of the plate 19 between the lugs 8is provided with a short shank 21 which overlles and. contacts withtheremaining parts of the device are effectively held or retained inworking assembly. The central portion of theplate 19 is pro: vided withan elongated opening For slot 24 provided at its opposite ends with theu standing ears 25. The ears 25 rovi e fioosely mounted on the rod 26and ,snugl fitting between the earsv 25 is a roller 2 This roller 27extends through the openings or slots 17, 12 and 3 so that the pin 16hereld against any transverseinbefore referred to may be properlyengaged within the cam groove 28 provided in the periphery of the roller27 and extending circumferentially therearound.

he periphery of the roller 27 is serrated or otherwise roughened so thatas the razor is drawn across the face with the roller 27 in contacttherewith, said roller will rotate and at the same time reciprocate orvibrate the blade carrier 11 and the blade C so that the cutting of thehair is materially facilitated.

Under certain conditions, it is of advantage that the cutting blade C beheld against vibration or reciprocation and particularly wheneit isdesired to shave the upper lip in close proximity to the nostril. Asherein disclosed, the roller 27 is held against rotationby a catch 29carried b the clamping plate 19 which engages witiiin one of thecircumferentially spaced notches or recesses 30 formed in the peripheryof the roller 27. The notches or recesses 30 are spaced apart a distancewhereby, when the catch 29 is engaged in one of said notches, orrecesses 30, the blade C will be positively held at the limit of itsreciprocatory movement in one direction. This isof importance in view ofthe fact that an end of the blade C will be sufficiently extended tomaterially facilitate the shaving of the upper lip in close proximity tothe nostril.

From the foregoing description it is. thought to be obvious that a razorconstructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adaptedfor use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may beassembled and operated, and it will also be obviousthat my invention issusceptible of some change and modification without departing from theprinciples and spirit thereof andv for this reason I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formationof the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention inpractice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim: v

1. A razor of the class described comprising a. guard member providedwith a slot, a blade carrier overlying said guard memher and alsoprovided with a slot, a blade interposed between 'the guard member andthe blade carrier, said blade being provided ,with a slot, a clampingmember overlying .tion of the roller.

guard member and also provided with an elongated slot, a bladeinterposed between the guard member and the blade carrier,

said blade being provided with an elongated slot, the blade carrieradjacent the opposite ends of the slot therein being provided withflanges extending through the slots in the blade and the guard member,said flanges contacting with the end edges of the slot in the blade, aclamping member overlying the blade carrier and engaged with the guardmember, and coacting means carried by the clamping memebr and the bladecarrier for imparting reciprocation to the blade carrier durin a shavingstroke.

3. g razor of the class described comprising a guard member providedwith an elongated slot, 21 blade carrier overlying said guard member andalso provided with an elongated slot, a blade interposed between theguard member and the blade carrier, said blade being provided with anelongated slot, the blade carrier. adjacent the op osite ends of theslot therein being provided with flanges extending through the slots inthe blade and the guard member, said flanges contacting with the endedges of the slot in the blade, a clamping member overlying the bladecarrier and 'enga ed with the guard member, a wing carried y the bladecarrier and extending through the slots of the blade and guard member, aroller carried by the clamping member, said clamping member beingprovided with a slot whereby said roller extends through the clampingmember and-the blade carrier, and coacting means carried by the wing andthe roller whereby the blade carrier is reciprocated'upon rotation ofthe roller.

4. A razor of the class described comprisin a guard member provided witha slot, a blade carrier overlying said guard member and also providedwith a slot, a blade. interpbsed'between the guard member and the bladecarrier, said blade being provided with a slot, a clamping memberoverlying the blade carrier and engaged with the guard member, a wingcarried by the blade carrier and extending through the slots of theblade and guard member, a roller carried by the clamping member, saidclamping member being provided with a slot through which the rollerextends, coacting means carried by the'wing and the roller whereby theblade carrier is reciprocated upon rotation of the roller, and means forholdin the roller against rotation when the blade is at substantiallythe limit of ithreciprocatory movement in one direction.

5. A razor of the class described comprising a guard member, a bladecarrier overlying said guard member, a blade inter osed between theguard member and the lade carrier, a clamping member overlying the bladecarrier and engaged with the guard member, a roller carried by theclamping member, a wing carried by the blade carrier and partiallyoverlying the roller, and ooacting means carried by the roller and thewing whereby the blade carrier is reci procated upon rotation of theroller.

6. A razor of the class described compris ing a guard member, ablade-carrier overlying said guard member, a blade inter osed betweentheguard member and the lade carrler, a clamping member overlying the bladecarrier and engaged with the guard member, a roller carried by theclamping member, a wing carried by the blade carrier and partiallyoverlying the roller, coacting means carried by the roller and the wingwhereby the blade carrier is, reciprocated hpon rotation of the roller,and means for holding theroller against rotation.

- 7. A razor of the class described comprising a guard member, a bladecarrier overlying said guard mem'ber, a blade inter osed between theguard member and the lads carrier, a clamping member overlying the bladecarrier and engaged with the guard member, a roller carried by theclamping member, a wing carried b the blade carrier and partiallyoverlying t e roller, coacting means carried by the roller and the wingwhereby the blade carrier is reciprocated upon rotation of the roller,and means carr1ed by the clamping member and engageablewith the rollerfor holding the roller against rotation.

In testimony whereof. I hereunto afiix my signature.

RICHARD 'E. PERKINS.

